Printers

TFR Print Finishing enters liquidation owing 70,000

Suffolk-based TFR Print Finishing has entered liquidation owing almost 70,000 to its creditors.

Polestar Varnicoat facing closure

Polestar Varnicoat looks set to close after the company kicked off a 30 day consultation at the site on Wednesday (2 January).

Printing.com signs up first white label W3P clients

Printing.com has signed up the first customers to its white label W3P hosted web-to-print platform, after 10 of its franchisees made the switch thereby dropping the franchise network's own branding.

Domino reveals first N600i install

Cambridge-based inkjet manufacturer Domino has revealed the identity of its first N600i inkjet label press customer.

Coatings Direct buys B1 diecutter for fast turnarounds

East Anglian specialist print finisher Coatings Direct is targeting national work by bringing in an SBL B1 machine to join its diecutting cylinders.

Sharman & Co in £70,000 newspaper press upgrade

Newspaper printer Sharman & Co has invested £70,000 in finishing kit that will boost the quality of its work as the job mix shifts towards higher calibre presentation.

Prismaflex launches self-powered outdoor displays

Prismaflex, the international outdoor media specialist, has created the first out of home advertising display that is entirely energy self-sufficient, with the launch of its solar-powered Autonomous...

Unite slams reduction in consultation period

Government plans to reduce the minimum consultation period for large-scale redundancies from 90 to 45 days are regressive and anti-job measures, Unite has said.

FLS unlikely to impact business loans until mid 2013

The Funding for Lending scheme (FLS) is unlikely to materially impact net lending to businesses until the middle of next year, according to the latest quarterly bulletin from the Bank of England.

CWU threatens to boycott DSA mail

Bosses at the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have reiterated the union's threat to get postal workers to boycott mail from downstream access (DSA) providers ahead of a ballot in the New Year.

New Year predictions - Mastercolour's Philip Exall

Philip Exall, managing director at Mastercolour in Tunbridge Wells

New Year predictions - Pinstripe Print Group's Nigel Lyon

Nigel Lyon, managing director, Pinstripe Print Group